There are a large
number of indigenous rice varieties in India, which are still grown by the
tribal people and small farmers of the remote areas where the modern
agricultural practices, sufficient foods as well as healthcare systems are a
dream. Nature has provided them some alternative ways. They have different
indigenous rice varieties with its nutritional and medicinal values. The paper
presents nutritional and medicinal values of some of the rice varieties
identified from the distant areas of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.

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